Meatloaf with Mushroom gravy. This meatloaf is dressed up with a seasoned mushroom gravy. Meatloaf is not the invention of thrifty housewives trying to stretch a small amount of costly meat with fillers and spices. It actually dates, in one form or another—patties or loaves—to ancient Rome and probably before that.

I made this gravy with the meatloaf recipe found on this site called "Brown Sugar Meatloaf" without the brown sugar and ketchup, also substituted the crackers for Italian Seasoned Breadcrumbs and a heartier dose of garlic. Remember the beef stock is a big part of this recipe, either make your own (big. This is a classic meatloaf recipe with a mushroom twist. You can have Meatloaf with Mushroom gravy using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Meatloaf with Mushroom gravy

1. It's 1 1/2 lbs of ground beef 80/20 lean.
2. You need 8 oz of fresh mushrooms sliced thin and chopped.
3. It's 1/2 of medium onion chopped.
4. You need 3/4 cup of bread crumbs.
5. It's 1-2 of eggs.
6. It's 2 tbls of Equal parts flour and butter.
7. Prepare 1 (14.5 oz) of can beef broth.
8. It's to taste of Salt and pepper.
9. Prepare of Ketchup.

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Meatloaf with Mushroom gravy instructions

1. Sauté onion and 1/4 of the mushrooms in a bit of olive oil until onions are translucent and mushrooms have browned a bit, set aside to cool.
2. Combine ground meat, cooled mushroom mixture, bread crumbs, eggs, and season with salt and pepper mix thoroughly.
3. Lightly oil the bottom of a baking dish and form meat mixture into a loaf brush with ketchup.
4. Bake in a 350deg oven for about 1 hour or until meat thermometer registers 135deg then remove from oven and rest for about 10 minutes before slicing.
5. While meatloaf is in the oven melt butter in a heavy bottom sauce pan and sauté mushrooms until most of the moisture has evaporated, sprinkle with flour to make a roux (use more flour and butter if you want a thicker gravy) and cook for a couple of minutes add beef broth and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer stirring until gravy thickens, adjust seasoning.

If you're a comfort food lover. The meatloaf itself is tender with two kinds of meat, garlic, onions and worcestershire. Now I know that meatloaf is traditionally topped with ketchup and my little guys might prefer it that way, but seriously, I'm a gravy kinda girl. Baked the meatloaf in the skillet that you sauteed mushrooms in, and once the loaf was resting, used the same skillet (and meat drippings) to build our gravy. Instead of using breadcrumbs to bind this meatloaf, you tear up bread into small pieces to provide delicate pockets of softness in each slice of meatloaf.